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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

510.0. "Device control module not loaded by Setup option" by CSC32::T_NORWOOD () Thu Mar 30 1989 16:12

    I am posting this here and in the PRINT-WIDGET notes file, because 
    I'm not sure if the problem is really with the print widget.
    
    I talked to a customer today who is trying to print from DECwindows
    Mail.  He goes into the Options window to choose some advanced print
    settings.  He puts a device control library module name in the "Setup"
    line.  When he prints the mail message, the device control module is
    not copied to the printer as it should be. 
    
    To prove this, he can choose the "Hold print job" option on this
    window, then look at the queue entry from DCL.  The entry should have a
    /SETUP=(xxx) qualifier on it, but it doesn't.  Other qualifiers, like
    /PRIORITY, are successfully changed, but the /SETUP doesn't seem to
    work. 
    
    I tried to reproduce this, and did.  I also found the same behavior on
    the "Print Screen" option.  Even if we specified a device control
    library other than SYSDEVCTL, the module was not loaded. 
    
    Looks like a bug to me, but I want to be sure I'm not missing something
    obvious before I submit this as a bug.  Anyone seen this?
    
    This is a VMS system, V5.1, by the way.
    
    Thanks,
    Tom
    CSC/CS
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510.1Likely a print widget bug.R2ME2::GRASSSteve GrassThu Mar 30 1989 16:204
Yes, this appears to be a bug.  We'll look into it.

			steve
510.2SPR it?CSC32::T_NORWOODFri Mar 31 1989 11:516
    I am going to SPR this, so that the problem will be reported through
    official channels.
    
    Thanks,
    Tom
510.3fixed in DECwindows V2CSC32::C_SUPINOWed Jun 14 1989 14:4114
    
From:	RTL::GRASS        "Steve Grass, ZKO2-3/R56, 381-2151" 14-JUN-1989 10:59:44.03
To:	CSC32::C_SUPINO
CC:	
Subj:	RE: Printing with device control library from MAIL

Cheryl,

I have just been informed that this bug has been fixed in DECwindows V2.

			steve
510.4Problem not fixed...PEACHS::MITCHAMAndy in Alpharetta (near Atlanta)Tue May 22 1990 17:019
I've a customer with this same problem.  When trying to use SETUP from the
print widget OPTIONS menu, the print never takes place.  It doesn't appear to
even be queued.  The temporary file never gets deleted.  He can do the same
just fine from DCL.  The customer is running VMS v5.3 (DECwindows v2.0).
We've recreated the problem here using VMS v5.3-1.

Should this be SPR'd again?

-Andy